Commentary

WHEN UTILITIES GO BANKRUPT, federal judges should balance the interests of creditors who want their

The 1988 Trade Act requires the Treasury Department to report to Congress countries that manipulate

I've often wondered as I've climbed up an escalator that wasn't moving whether the rise of the steps

WHEN THE STOCK MARKET soars, there are no complainers. But let prices take a tumble, and complaints

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, last we heard, favors fewer barriers to international trade. Last week's th

Another of the deadlines mandated by the 1988 trade act comes up this month. By Nov. 21, Pre

STAND ON SPILL BILL APPALLS OIL INDUSTRYIt is with great displeasure that I read the editori

The compromise that will boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in eight years is a mixtu

In December 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and put an end to Khmer Rouge rule. The bloody Phnom Penh

UNCLE SAM'S EMPTY POCKETS increasingly are weakening America's influence on the international scene.

Central America has come to a pivotal point in its history - one requiring a sustainable policy init

'INEFFICIENT' LABEL DOESN'T FIT SHIPYARDSYour editorial, "Sealift Policy" (Oct. 20), leaves

WHEN THE EXXON VALDEZ hit the rocks off Alaska last March, a U.S. company with deep pockets was at h

Next Monday, ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries will gather in Canberra, Australia, to discuss

WASHINGTON - "That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where onc

Washington gave Wall Street a powerful tranquilizer last week. According to the Commerce Department,

FEW COMMODITIES ARE MORE VITAL to a modern economy than oil. And few examples of environmental degra

Sharply focused television pictures of tumbling houses and falling bridgesections, with San

Health policy makers, members of Congress and state legislators have turned their attention northwar

INTERNATIONAL TALKS ON CURBING FARM subsidies have gone nowhere since 1987, when the United States c

The unswerving conviction and strength of belief that contributed so much toward the Thatcher phenom

OIL SPILL STAND SHOWS LACK OF INFORMATIONWe have read with surprise and even with sadness th

On Sept. 4, 1986, the Standard & Poor's composite stock price index closed at a new historic high of

THE PERPETUAL WAR OF WORDS between the fiercely competitive trucking and railroad industries has tak

AS WESTERN EUROPE moves toward unity, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's opposition to a Eur

Later this year, Congress will consider legislation to raise the debt limit for the federal governme

PRESIDENT BUSH HAS FRITTERED away much of his first year in office picking fights with Congress over

Most Americans, and perhaps many others in the world as well, are having difficulty adjusting to the

ONLY THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM and the scourge of drugs, Latin Americans rightly complain, manage to p

STATE REGULATION of interstate commerce holds the potential for economic chaos, as business is subje

The Socialist Unity Party, the ruling communist party of the German Democratic Republic, is locked i

SPILL LIABILITY STAND GETS LOW MARKSWe have read with concern and dismay your Oct. 17 editor

The speech wasn't thrilling. An officer from the Army Corps of Engineers was droning on about how hi

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Samuel Skinner could use a compass to navigate the heavy weather buffeting

LIABILITY FOR SPILLS MUST BE LIMITEDYour Oct. 17 editorial, "Forgiving Oil Spills," suggests

1992 is the year in which the Single European Act is to make 12 national markets into one Europe-wid

There is a land that uses large wall maps to impress upon its children, from the start of their form

THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT between Canada and the United States has faced its first serious test. To t

PRODUCTIVE GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT? Many would label it an oxymoron. But last week, Michael Boskin, ch

Almost every year since the passage of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, known as